The first thing that comes to mind when reflecting back on the 2016 camp session was our second annual Rev. Everett K. Bray Visiting Lecturer, the prominent Swedenborgian scholar, nuclear physicist, and author of Starting Science from God: Rational Scientific Theories from Theism, Dr. Ian J. Thompson.

Dr. Thompson is a theretical nuclear physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore CA, and has been a fellow at our seminary since 2013. His five lectures were at once deeply intensive and heady as well as strongly interactive.

And finally, here's one camper's delightful comments that highlight the intergenerational, spiritual, communal, and sheer family quality of the Assembly: "I loved watching my grandkids jump endlessly off the dock into the Saco River until they were blue but wanted more, and remembering I used to do the same... hearing lectures and discussions that bring esoteric topics to life to became pertinent in our daily lives... reconnecting with friends and family, some seen only once a year... living life without the usual daily responsibilities enabling us to go a little deeper spiritually... practicing a more heavenly life here on earth."